23:53 - Sunny PagliaccioNote to self: Do NOT open links on max volume in the middle of a quiet night. Otherwise, not bad. :D

23:52 - ApothecaryFast food workers planning a strike in support of $15/hour wages next month. I'm a tutor in a reading lab at a college and I don't even make that much, a bit of an overestimation of one's importance, don'tcha think?

Disc I01. Valhall Awaits Me02. Runes To My Memory03. Asator04. Hermod's Ride To Hel - Loke's Treachery Part 105. Gods Of War Arise06. With Oden On Our Side07. Cry Of The Black Birds08. Under The Northern Star09. Prediction Of Warfare

Disc II[Limited Edition 2CD Digipack]01. Where Silent Gods Stand Guard [Live at Wacken Open Air 2004]02. Death In Fire [Live at Wacken Open Air 2004]03. With Oden On Our Side [demo]04. Hermod's Ride To Hel - Lokes Treachery Part I [demo]05. Once Sent From The Golden Hall [Sunlight Studio Recording 1997 version]06. Return Of The Gods [Sunlight Studio Recording 1997 version]

Amon Amarth released their sixth full-length album "With Oden On Our Side" on September 22nd 2006. Whoever had been disappointed with their preceding full-length album "Fate Of Norns" must certainly have got over that disappointment after listening to this album because the band has once again moved closer to their older style of songwriting and their sound in this album is similar to that of their old releases like "Once Sent From The Golden Hall."

I gave this album a rating of 10 because no matter what i hear, this still stands tall as the best balanced melodeath/Gothenburg i have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Consistent songwriting throughout, the album maintains a blistering pace and sweeps you along with it the whole way through. Relentless attack through the first 3 tracks gives way to a more relaxed refrain in Loke's Treachery Part I- for all of 56 seconds. This is an onslaught of a melodeath release that, while aggrandizing its scale in the final two songs of the album to round it out in a suitably 'epic' nature, always leaves you begging for more.

I'm not sure what it is about this album that is still capable of instilling man-tears as soon as the first riff of any track comes tearing along, but i am sure as hell that i'm still going to be 'banging to this come 2026 and beyond!

Been listening to this album for the past week and I'm very impressed. This is exceptional melodic death metal. I reckon the song "Under the Northern Star" is quite beautiful and could easily be sung with clean vocals and non-metal fans would love it.